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UNIVERSITY OF HUNGER (Excerpt) BY MARTIN CARTER GUYANESE POET (1927-1997) |
FIRST & FINAL
is the university of
hunger the wide
waste. / is the
pilgrimage of man
the long march. /
The print of
hunger wanders in
the land. / The
green tree bends
above the long
forgotten. / The
plains of life rise
up and fall in
spasms. / The
huts of men are
fused in misery.
***
is they who rose
early in the
morning /
watching the
moon die in the
dawn. / is they
who heard the
shell blow and
the iron clang. /
is they who had
no voice in the
emptiness / in
the unbelievable /
in the shadowless.
/ O long is the
march of men
and long is the
life / and wide is
the span.
[Written in the
1950s.]
From POEMS BY
MARTIN CARTER,
Edited by Stewart
Brown & Ian
McDonald, 2006
is the university of
hunger the wide
waste. / is the
pilgrimage of man
the long march. /
The print of
hunger wanders in
the land. / The
green tree bends
above the long
forgotten. / The
plains of life rise
up and fall in
spasms. / The
huts of men are
fused in misery.
***
is they who rose
early in the
morning /
watching the
moon die in the
dawn. / is they
who heard the
shell blow and
the iron clang. /
is they who had
no voice in the
emptiness / in
the unbelievable /
in the shadowless.
/ O long is the
march of men
and long is the
life / and wide is
the span.
[Written in the
1950s.]
From POEMS BY
MARTIN CARTER,
Edited by Stewart
Brown & Ian
McDonald, 2006
DEC 2012: REX SEXTON - Surrealist painter, writer, and poet in Chicago and
SEP 2012: ROSALIE TURNER - from Belize in Central Ameica, is a poet and
JUL 2012: MANOEL DE BARROS - most acclaimed contemporary Brazilian poet in
MAY 2012: MAHADAI DAS - Guyanese poet, dancer, actress, teacher, and a
APR 2012: HILDA HILST - poet, playwright, and novelist born in Jaú, São Paulo,
MAR 2012: APRYL SKIES - poet, photographer, and artist, born and living in Los
- Philadelphia.
Featured Poem "Let There Be Light" (first online publication).
- Editor and Publisher of the Guyana Journal. Trained in the natural sciences,
he ventured into the world of poetry in the mid-1990s.
Featured Poem "in the name of god" from if only the gods were awake, A
Guyana Journal Publication, published in May 2011.
- educator, born in Rio de Janeiro. Her poetic style was mostly neosymbolist.
Featured Poem "Autumn Song" (Canção de Outono), translated by
Rosaliene Bacchus in collaboration with Angela Consolo Mankiewicz.
SEP 2012: ROSALIE TURNER - from Belize in Central Ameica, is a poet and
- author of thriller and romance novels. She lives in Los Angeles, California.
Featured Poem "Abandonment" (first publication).
- planning consultant, adjunct university professor, poet, and writer of
children stories.
Featured Poem "Disturbing the Peace" (first publication).
JUL 2012: MANOEL DE BARROS - most acclaimed contemporary Brazilian poet in
- literary circles, born in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso in Center-West Brazil.
Featured Poem "Theology of Worthless Things" (Teologia do Traste),
translated by Rosaliene Bacchus in collaboration with Angela Consolo
Mankiewicz.
- publisher, and immigration lawyer living in Los Angeles, California.
Featured Poem "Everything is Upside Down" from Swimming in a
Thunderstorm, California, USA, 2011.
MAY 2012: MAHADAI DAS - Guyanese poet, dancer, actress, teacher, and a
- former Diwali Queen.
Featured Poem "My Bread of Stone" from A Leaf in His Ears: Collected
Poems, Peepal Tree Press, UK, 2010.
APR 2012: HILDA HILST - poet, playwright, and novelist born in Jaú, São Paulo,
- in Southeast Brazil.
Featured Poem (excerpt) "Poems for the Men of Our Time" (Poemas aos
Homens do Nosso Tempo), translated by Rosaliene Bacchus in
collaboration with Angela Consolo Mankiewicz.
MAR 2012: APRYL SKIES - poet, photographer, and artist, born and living in Los
- Angeles, California.
Featured Poem "What Will Become" from A Song Beneath Silence, Edgar &
Lenore's Publishing House, California, USA, 2010.
- teacher and journalist; living in Toronto.
Featured Poem "Random Harvest" from Transition: Poems Old & New,
Design & Layout by Barbara Telfer, 2008.
- writer, born in São Luis, Maranhão, in Northeast Brazil.
Featured Poem "There are Many Traps in the World" (No mundo há muitas
armadilhas), translated by Brazilian poet, Renato Rezende.